Physician recommendations for coronary revascularization: Variations by clinical speciality

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Fitch, Kathryn ^a   Lázaro, Pablo ^a   Aguilar, María Dolores ^a   Martín, Yolanda ^a   Bernstein, Steven J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0344117621     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.3.181     Document Type: Article

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